Ocular Actinomycosis Mimicking Meningioma

Takaaki Kobayashi; Bradley Ford; Nobuhiro Fujita; A. Ben Appenheimer

doi:10.1093/ofid/ofaa170

Ocular Actinomycosis Mimicking Meningioma

Takaaki Kobayashi, Bradley Ford, Nobuhiro Fujita, A. Ben Appenheimer

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Abstract

Orbital actinomycosis is an unusual clinical manifestation of orbital infection caused by Actinomyces species. Herein we report a case of orbital actinomycosis in a 67-year-old woman with recurrent swelling and erythema around her left eye with an orbital mass initially thought to be a meningioma.

Original language	English
Article number	ofaa170
Journal	Open Forum Infectious Diseases
Volume	7
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofaa170
Publication status	Published - May 19 2020
Externally published	Yes

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Oncology
Clinical Neurology

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